Abrictosaurus consors Thulborn 1974 (heterodontosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Heterodontosauridae

Alternative combination: Lycorhinus consors

Full reference: R. A. Thulborn. 1974. A new heterodontosaurid dinosaur (Reptilia: Ornithischia) from the Upper Triassic red beds of Lesotho. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 55:151-175

Belongs to Abrictosaurus according to P. C. Sereno 2012

See also Butler et al. 2007, Butler et al. 2008, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Han et al. 2012, Hopson 1975, Irmis and Knoll 2008, Norman et al. 2011, Norman et al. 2004, Olsen and Galton 1984, Olshevsky and Ford 1994, Porro et al. 2011, Smith 1997, Thuborn 1978, Thulborn 1974, Weishampel and Heinrich 1992, Weishampel and Weishampel 1983 and Weishampel and Witmer 1990

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCL B54, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Noosi (UCL), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Noosi (UCL)

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